SCOTS AMONG THE LOW SCORERS IN EURO
CHALLENGE EVENT AT MANCHESTER

By MICHAEL GIBBONS

European Challenge Tour Press Officer.
Chris Doak shot a 64, Jack Doherty a 65 and both George Murray and Peter Whiteford returned 66s on a day of low scoring over the 6,791yd, par-70 course for the Oceanico Developments Pro-Am Challenge at Marriott Worsley Park Hotel & Country Club, Greater Manchester.
Murray is lying fifth with a pair of 66s for 132. Doak, who dropped shots at his last two holes, is sharing sixth place with 69 and 64 for 133.
Doherty is joint 10th on 134 with 69 and 65 while Whiteford is sharing 33rd place with West Linton-based Welshman Gareth Wright on 137 with 71 and 66. Wright had rounds of 67 and 70.
To survive the halfway cut, players had to score two-under-par 138 or better for the first 36 holes.
That caught out Andrew Oldcorn and Eric Ramsay. Both bogeyed the 18th hole for 71s and failed by one shot on 139 to beat the cut.
Andrew McArthur (73 for 140), Scott Henderson (69 for 141), Murray Urquhart (69 for 142) and Jamie McLeary (75 for 147) all failed to retain an active interest in the tournament.
Frenchman Michael Lorenzo-Vera, who demonstrated the low-scoring potential of the shortish course with a nine-under-par 61 in the first round, followed it up with a 66 to lead the fiel by two shots on 13-under-par 127. His nearest challenge is Englishman Ross McGowan who had a 63 for 129.
Lowest score of the day came from Julio Zapata from Argentina. He had a 62 for third place on 130.
SCOREBOARD
Par 140 (2 x 70)
127 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 61 66.
129 Ross McGowan (Eng) 66 63.
130 Julio Zapata (Arg) 68 62.
131 Stuart Davis (Eng) 64 67.
132 Ricardo Santos (Por) 67 65, George Murray (Sco) 66 66.
133 Leif Westerberg (Swe) 67 66, Chris Doak (Sco) 69 64, David Horsey (Eng) (am) 65 68.
134 Phil Worthington (Eng) 69 65; Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 68 66; Pontus Ericsson (Swe) 65 69; Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 67 67; Tobias Dier (Ger) 68 66; Martin Maritz (Rsa) 67 67; Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 68 66; Jack Doherty (Sco) 69 65.
135 Stuart Cage (Eng) 68 67; Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 68 67; Thomas Nielsen (Den) 68 67; David Higgins (Irl) 66 69; David Dixon (Eng) 67 68; Neil Cheetham (Eng) 66 69; Gary Clark (Eng) 66 69; Gabriel Canizares (Esp) 70 65 ;Paul Dwyer (Eng) 66 69.
136 Michiel Bothma (Rsa) 66 70; Tim Dykes (Wal) 64 72; Van Phillips (Eng) 69 67; Sam Osborne (Eng) 68 68; Anders Schmidt Hansen (Den) 68 68; Klas Eriksson (Swe) 66 70; James H Williams (Wal) 65 71.
137 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 69 68; Peter Whiteford (Sco) 71 66, Peter Baker (Eng) 72 65; Bertrand Coathalem (Fra) 69 68; David Mackinnon (Eng) 67 70; Johan Sköld (Swe) 67 70; Gareth Wright (Wal) 67 70; Chris Gane (Eng) 68 69 ;Robert Coles (Eng) 69 68; Neil Walker (Eng) 71 66.
138 Tiago Cruz (Por) 69 69; John Mellor (Eng) 71 67; Miguel Rodriguez (Arg) 72 66; James Kamte (Rsa) 71 67; Eduardo De La Riva (Esp) 71 67 ; Simon Robinson (Eng) 71 ; Toni Karjalainen (Fin) 69 69; Ally Mellor (Eng) 69 69 ; Alvaro Velasco (Esp) 70 68; Raphaël Eyraud (Fra) 70 68; Jean Hugo (Rsa) 70 68; Kariem Baraka (Ger) 70 68; Lars Brovold (Nor) 67 71; Antti Ahokas (Fin) 71 67 ; Diego Suazo (Esp) 70 68; Michael Hoey (Nir) 69 69; Carlos Del Moral (Esp) 71 67 ; Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 71 67 ; Zane Scotland (Eng) 69 69;
MISSED CUT

139 Richard Treis (Ger) 68 71, Daniel Denison (Eng) 68 71, Andrea Zanini (Ita) 71 68, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 69 70, Oliver Whiteley (Eng) 71 68, Ben Mason (Eng) 68 71, Christian Reimbold (Ger) 71 68, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 69, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 70 69, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 68 71, Ben Willman (Eng) 69 70, James Ruth (Eng) 69 70, Branden Grace (SAf) 72 67, Christophe Brazillier (Fra) 72 67, Hernan Rey (Arg) 68 71, Jamie Little (Eng) 71 68, Eric Ramsay (Sco) 68 71.
140 Philip Golding (Eng) 69 71; Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 71 69, Damian Mooney (NIr) 70 70; Andrew McArthur (Sco) 67 73 ; John Wade (Aus) 71 69; Tim Milford (Eng) 69 71; Matteo Del Podio (Ita) 68 72; Stuart Manley (Wal) 74 66, Gareth Paddison (NZ) 70 70, Scott Henderson (Sco) 72 69; Mark Laskey (Wal) 73 68, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 74 67; Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 73 68; Paul Eales (Eng) 66 75; Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 71 70, Alex Smith (Wal) 71 70.
141 Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 67 74.
142 Kasper Linnet Jorgensen (Den) 73 69, Didier De Vooght (Bel) 73 69; Mark Sheppard (Wal) 70 72, Chris Hanson (Eng) 69 73, Kevin Harper (Eng) 70 72; Murray Urquhart (Sco) 73 69, Simon Edwards (Wal) 72 70, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 69 73; Nicolas Vanhootegem (Bel) 72 70 ; Kieran Staunton (Eng) 69 73, Matthew King (Eng) 69 74.
143 Christian Aronsen (Nor) 72 71, Robert D Steele (Eng) 73 70, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 70 73; Iain Pyman (Eng) 68 75; Gustavo Acosta (Arg) 68 75 ; Simon Nash (Aus) 71 72; Cédric Menut (Fra) 69 74 ; Cenydd Mills (Wal) 71 73.
144 Manuel Kempe (Ger) 70 74; Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 74 70; Laurent Richard (Bel) 72 72; Joe Templer (Eng) 69 75; Stephen Browne (Irl) 71 73 ;Jacques Chevalier (Fra) 72 72; Mickael Dieu (Fra) 72 72; Tommy Fleetwood (Am) (Eng) 69 75 ;James Watt (Am) (Eng) 72 72.
145 Euan Little (Sco) 72 73; Denny Lucas (Eng) 74 71 ; Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 73; Rafael Gomez (Arg) 72 73; Julien Xanthopoulos (Fra) 71 74 ;Per Barth (Swe) 79 66.
146 Julien Van Hauwe (Fra) 78 68; Manuel Merizalde (Col) 71 75 ; Carlos De Corral (Esp) 72 74; Matthew Tottey (Wal) 74 72; Simon Hurd (Eng) 77 69.
147 Martin Hamer (Eng) 76 71; Hugo Santos (Por) 73 74; Ben Howelett (Eng) 74 73; Jamie McLeary (Sco) 72 75, José Dias (Por) 72 75.
148 Olivier David (Fra) 70 78; Niki Ferrari (Ger) 74 74; Michael McGeady (Ire) 77 71.
149 Adam Constable (Wal) 72 77; Henrique Paulino (Por) 74 75 ; Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 76 73; Adam Wills (Am) (Eng) 75 74; James Robinson (Eng) (am) 76 73.
150 Kevin Berger (Ger) 74 76; Lasse Jensen (Den) 73 77.
151 Nuno Campino (Por) 77 74; Julien Foret (Fra) 77 74; Danny Lord (Eng) 75 76.
153 Sean Hawker (Eng) 81 72.
155 Anthony Grenier (Fra) 78 77.
1 Stuart Little (Eng) 71 Retd